Nagamani Kikkisetti

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Phone: +1-847-***-****

Professional Summary

Seasoned professional with 14+ years of experience in developing and maintaining Mainframe applications with consistent record of delivering successful projects of high customer satisfaction.

Demonstrated ability to take responsibility, lead and train teams of engineers. Experienced in developing and implementing new software systems that improve organizational efficiency.

Rich working knowledge in business domains - Banking, Credit Cards.

Involved in all phases of software development lifecycle with extensive knowledge of Agile, Scaled Agile and Waterfall models.

Extensively worked in the design, development and maintenance of technology projects based on COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, and SQL

Extensive experience in Cards System

Developed rapid application changes using EZTRIEVE

Well versed with file management tools like FILEAID, FILEMANAGER

Well versed with Abend analysis tools Fault-Analyzer, Abend-Aid

Very good at using the DB2 tools QMF, SPUFI

Exposed to different configuration management tools like CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR and used various scheduling tools like CA7, TWS

Knowledge of JAVA based technologies

Exposed to AWS and started involving in cloud migration projects and working towards achieving AWS Certified solution Architect

Technical Skill Set

Hardware

IBM Mainframes

Technologies

CICS, EZTRIEVE, REXX

Tools

FILEAID, FILEMANAGER, CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, XPEDITOR, CA7, OPC, SAR, NDM, TWS, Abend-Aid, Fault-Analyzer, SPUFI, ESP, CNTL-M, TSO, ISPF

Databases

DB2, VSAM

Languages

COBOL, JCL, C, Core Java

Work Experience

Working as a Lead Engineer in Wipro Technologies from Feb,2013

Worked as Project Lead in VIT Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. From Nov, 2011 to Jan, 2013

Worked as Consultant in Capgemini from Mar, 2005 to Oct, 2011

Academics

Master of computer Applications (M.C.A), from Andhra University, AP, India – passed in 2004

Bachelor of computer Sciences (B.Sc.), from Acharya Nagarjuna University, AP, India, – passed in 2001

Projects

Project : Billing and Banking

Client : Cigna

Duration : L2 Production support Lead

Role : Mar 2018 –Apr 2019

Description: Cigna Corporation and its subsidiaries serve millions of people worldwide through medical, dental, behavioural health, pharmacy, vision, life, accident and disability benefit plans and insurance. This project is about L2 production support.

Technologies/Tools: IBM Mainframes, OS/390, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Hyperion, EZTRIEVE, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, FILE MANAGER, TWS, REXX

Responsibilities:

Provide Application Production Support model adhering to agreed-upon Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) using best practices

Identify the requirement-implementation gaps/flaws in the existing system and propose technical solution to address them. Present this to Technical steering committee.

Recommend and drive implementation of run time improvements for all applications, pre and post release. The improvements are not limited to, but include application, batch scheduling and logic efforts

Conduct application analysis and participate in advisory role functional application design and performance application design

Provide monthly report of application health and hygiene to meet customer needs, including SLA’s, volume metrics etc.

Identify Process Optimization opportunities on ongoing basis

Support and improve business cycle forecast and Scalability planning

Maintain and create Knowledge Repositories for new SOPs in SharePoint portal and ensuring communications to appropriate teams in a timely manner

Prepare work flow diagrams between the concerned legacy systems and thereby build the subject matter expertise in the team

Guide the teams in resolving critical issues and flag off the risks/issues to the higher management

Overall delivery of Production Support projects, including HPSM ticket triage and support of ISeries applications

Engage with Architects across different TSGs and Development teams as necessary to design the best solution for production problems

Handle project related escalations and work out resolutions of incidents, issues reported by application users using HP Service Management

Prepare estimates and define technical solutions to Request for Proposals

Perform production checkout activities after production releases, infrastructure maintenance, scheduled recycles and fix releases

Project : WHIRL End Point Services, Fusion Deconversion, Risks and Events

Client : Capital one, Rolling Meadows, IL US

Duration : Mar 2015 – Feb 2018

Role : Lead Developer

Description: Capital One Financial Corp. is a U.S. based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking, and savings products. This business function is being managed on a platform containing 80 applications.

Technologies/Tools: IBM Mainframes, OS/390, VisionPlus, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EZTRIEVE, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, FILE MANAGER, TWS, REXX, CICS Web services, Java, AWS, Github

Responsibilities:

Participate in requirement gathering and analysis phase of the project in documenting the business requirements by conducting workshops/meetings with various business users.

Conduct regular technical and functional workshops/meetings to walkthrough the understanding of the requirements to client business and IT community and identify the gaps and bridge them with by providing appropriate solutions for implementation

Prepare Estimation, Project Plan, Low level design, Unit test, System Test plans.

Complete the technical design specifications and development (coding).

Perform unit testing and incorporate necessary changes for System testing.

Monitor the test cycles and resolve issues in a timely manner. Coordinate with business users for validation of results.

Get the sign off and ready the packages for installation. Provide post implementation support as needed.

Implemented a new process to transfer multiple files to the client through CICS Web Services

Having a cross platform experience because of working with and leading Mainframe and Web technology teams. Responsible for coordinating with various stake holders and to make sure of on time delivery

As part of agile environment, develop stories, acceptance criteria, plan sprints and participate in daily stand ups to track project progress and report if there are any impediments

Hosted weekly status calls with LOB senior management to provide project status, and highlight risks and issues

Project : CTS – Commercial Cards

Client : Citi Bank, Singapore

Duration : Nov 2011 to Feb 2015

Role : Project Lead

Description: GTS is the Global Transaction System which supports the Commercial Cards Business for Citi Bank.

Technologies/Tools: IBM Mainframes, OS/390, VisionPlus, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Stored Procedures, VSAM, EZTRIEVE, CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, XPEDITOR, FILEAID, FILE MANAGER, SAR, TWS, TELON

Responsibilities

Gather Requirements for Work Requests and Project initiatives.

Prepare Estimation, Project Plan and discuss the same with SME’s.

Complete the technical design specifications and development (coding).

Support Integration test cycles and validate the results.

Coordinate with business users for validation of results.

Get the sign off from required parties and ready the packages for installation.

Provide implementation support by monitoring batch cycles for any issues.

Track the closure of project initiatives with the help of LOB users.

Mentoring the new joiners to understand the application.

Project : Fiserv BAU

Client : Fiserv, USA

Duration : Sep 2009 to Oct 2011

Role : Project Lead

Description: Fiserv is a credit cards processing organization. Fiserv Credit processing services has VISION PLUS license for providing card processing services to clients such as Banks, Credit Unions and other financial services entities as well as for retailers in North America (USA, Canada and Mexico).

Technologies/Tools: IBM Mainframes, OS/390, VisionPlus, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, EZTRIEVE, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, FILE AID, MQ Series, and DB2

Responsibilities

Participate in requirement gathering and analysis phase of the project in documenting the business requirements by conducting workshops/meetings with various business users.

Conduct regular technical and functional workshops/meetings to walkthrough the understanding of the requirements to client business and IT community and identify the gaps and bridge them with by providing appropriate solutions for implementation.

Generate Functional design documents, detailed design documents for the new requirements/enhancements

Conduct quality reviews of design documents, code and test plans. Carry out unit testing

Writing new tools in REXX to improve the quality of work and reduce the manual verification of results.

Performing Quality Review’s to assure the quality along with the correctness of the deliverable

Coordinating with Onsite team regarding clarifications

Acted as Technical Mentor and Team lead

Project : Penguin, Falcon, My POS,

Client : GE Money, Australia

Duration : Aug 2005 to Aug 2009

Role : Application Developer

Description: GE Money Australia is a credit card issuing and processing system. The objective of this project initiative is to deliver a Generic Dual Card (GDC) on v8.23 platform where the functionality that can be configured through parameters on which new products can be quickly launched in the market that offers. This project is designed to leverage the existing Australia Dual Card product features and GE Vision Plus 8.23g Generic Dual Card functionality.

Technologies/Tools: IBM Mainframes, OS/390, VisionPlus, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, EZTRIEVE, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, FILE AID, MQ Series, and DB2

Responsibilities:

Analyse the Plan Provisions (User requirements)

Gather Requirements for Work Requests and Project initiatives, and develop alternate solutions

Complete the technical design specifications and development (coding).

Support Integration test cycles and validate the results.

Analyse and develop Design Document

Analyse issues and resolve in accordance with the due dates.

Testing of the developed work product

Ensures compliance with enterprise technology standards, governance processes, and performance metrics to ensure IT delivers value to the enterprise.

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